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Korean digital asset management platform Haru Invest is suspected of shutting down its offices after suspending deposits and withdrawals.
According to information from the building staff, they have closed the office and left.
This morning, Haru announced that the platform is experiencing issues with its service partners and is under investigation. Looks like it was hacked
According to a source from Digital Asset, the digital asset management platform Haru Invest Korea (referred to as Haru Invest) has officially closed its office after issuing a notice to suspend deposits and withdrawals.
Source: Digital Asset
On June 13, I visited the building where Haru Invest and its parent company Block Crafters moved in and inspected it. It appears they have closed the office and left. Block Crafters is located on the 17th floor of Daeryung Gangnam Tower in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and Haru Invest is on the 18th floor.
A cleaning worker in charge of the 17th and 18th floors said: “This morning, Block Crafters people returned the company keys and hurriedly left.”
This person also explained, “Until this morning, the company has not stopped working and is operating normally.”
Haru Invest has also deleted announcements and blogs such as Medium, LinkedIn, and Instagram, and the Twitter account has not been canceled. Additionally, Haru Invest co-founder and former CTO (jooddang.eth) tweeted that the closing of Haru Invest’s social media accounts may have been done in some internal situation.
소셜미디어 계정을 닫은 것은 법적 대응 차원에서 법무법인의 가이드라인에 따른 것이 아닌가 추측합니다.애정을 담아 제품을 만든 사람으로서 빠르게 이 문제를 회복하고 다시 서비스 정상 운영을 하기를 바라고 있습니다. 보다 정확한 사실 관계 정리는 회사 공식 입장을 기다려야 할 것 같아요.
— jooddang.eth (@jooddang) June 13, 2023
It was recently shared that Haru is currently running a reset protocol and not rugpull. Their marketing team member was hacked, and Haru’s social media channels were down, but their Twitter is now back up.
소셜미디어 계정들이 닫힌건 마케팅팀원이 해킹을 당해서 그런거로 알고 있습니다.https://t.co/dPA3soZhwN
— Jun (@zunahn) June 13, 2023
Earlier today, the platform announced in an announcement that the platform is experiencing issues with its service partners. It is continuing to investigate the matter and look for contingency plans to remedy the situation. From 8:40 on June 13, all deposit and withdrawal requests will be paused until further notice to protect users’ escrow assets.
The case is still evolving, and Haru Invest has yet to issue any statement regarding the hack.
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